Police believe man was on bath salts when he jumped onto moving car, among other acts

EVANSVILLE - Evansville police believe a man who was arrested late Sunday night was under the influence of bath salts — a mind-altering synthetic drug — when he was taken into custody.

According to a probable cause affidavit, police were called to an address in the 1100 block of South Villa Drive just before 11:30 p.m. because of a report of a man — wearing only underwear and a T-shirt — trying to get into a residence.

When officers arrived, they found 21-year-old Scott Moll covered in blood and mud. The resident of the home who called police told officers he saw Moll looking into his vehicle and that Moll eventually climbed on top of it.

When that man tried to confront Moll, Moll rushed at him and tried to force himself into the man's home, according to the affidavit.

After he was arrested, Moll began screaming "Jacob" and "grandma's house" according to the affidavit. He also reportedly used those two phrases to answer any subsequent questions from officers.

Police believe that before Moll tried to enter the residence on Villa Drive he also jumped onto a moving car. The woman who was driving that vehicle, a 2000 Hyundai Accent, told police she saw Moll "shadowboxing" in the street as she approached him on Villa Drive. According to a police report, she told officers that Moll dove onto the hood of her vehicle and started "thrashing about."

Before he was taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail, Moll was taken to Deaconess Hospital for treatment. According to the affidavit, Moll tried to bite the police officer who rode in the ambulance with him. He is preliminarily charged with disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.